{"id":427,"date":"2026-07-21T21:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:49:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:49:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/?page_id=427","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Family Rooted in Whale Shark Conservation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tibur\u00f3n Ballena Bah\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles is a family-run conservation effort born in Bah\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our story began in 1992, when my father started documenting and researching the whale sharks that visit these waters each summer. I was born the year before, so I grew up surrounded by conversations about whale sharks, field notebooks, and days spent searching the bay. By the age of five, I swam with my first whale shark\u2014a moment that shaped the course of my life.<\/span><\/p>\n

For many years, whale shark monitoring was a true community effort involving local residents, fishermen, students, and volunteers who shared a commitment to understanding and protecting these animals. Today, I lead much of that work with the continued support of my father, our partners, interns and dedicated local volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Meet our team<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Abraham V\u00e1zquez<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Vanessa V\u00e1zquez<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Director <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jos\u00e9 Arce <\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2026 Interns and Volunteers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Moose Brown<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ashley Richadson<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A Family Rooted in Whale Shark Conservation Tibur\u00f3n Ballena Bah\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles is a family-run conservation effort born in Bah\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles. Our story began in 1992, when my father started documenting and researching the whale sharks that visit these waters each summer. I was born the year before, so I grew up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"brizy-blank-template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-427","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"brizy_media":[{"id":464,"url":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/whale-shark-abraham-from-boat-scaled.jpg","name":"whale-shark-abraham-from-boat.jpg","meta":{"brizy_attachment_uid":"wp-ac10474fd74b351cd85e9d75751d0fe1.jpg","brizy_post_uid":["401ec1eecb4c7ed4de5520ccfe7b62b5"]}},{"id":468,"url":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/whale-shark-underwater-researcher.jpg","name":"whale-shark-underwater-researcher.jpg","meta":{"brizy_attachment_uid":"wp-a896c5322a1e4ad8d82a72ca4c7321e4.jpg","brizy_post_uid":["401ec1eecb4c7ed4de5520ccfe7b62b5"]}},{"id":472,"url":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-13-at-7.58.40-PM.jpeg","name":"WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-13-at-7.58.40-PM.jpeg","meta":{"brizy_attachment_uid":"wp-7d7c8d1b0aed247e385e79efc9b5466e.jpeg","brizy_post_uid":["cebfbd1b3450984fc64b3cd2cbb246d9","401ec1eecb4c7ed4de5520ccfe7b62b5"]}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/427\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiburonballena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}